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Features
Cult of the Presidency: America’s Pathological Relationship with Executive Power
Relentless growth in executive power has turned the president into an extraconstitutional figure, capable of forcibly settling America’s most divisive issues with the stroke of a pen.
CBDC Spells Doom for Financial Privacy
The government has been undermining Americans’ financial privacy for decades. A central bank digital currency would be the final nail in the coffin.
In This Issue
Argentina Rediscovers Its Classical Liberal Roots
Argentine economist Javier Milei was elected president last year on a libertarian platform of slashing taxes, eliminating price controls, deregulating the economy, and dismantling large parts of the state. At a recent Cato Institute conference, several key scholars and policymakers spoke with Free Society about his rapid political ascent and the free-market revolution that he promised to voters.
A Libertarian Mind: David Boaz’s Reflections on the Long Road to Freedom
In one of David’s final interviews, he reflects on the past and present state of liberty while offering hope for the future.
Remembering David Boaz: Colleagues and Friends Share Their Memories
The Economics of Bad Ideas
Our politics are awash in economic illiteracy, with no shortage of bad ideas streaming out of the US Capitol and filling the airwaves.
The Paradox of Protectionism: How Tariffs Hurt the Businesses They’re Supposed to Help
Meet the Next Generation: Addison Hosner
The chief operating officer of Young Voices reflects on his time as a Cato intern.
The Art (and Science) of Persuasion: Colin White Elevates Libertarian Policy Solutions
Last Word: Busting the “Greedflation” Myth
Blaming business is simply a convenient means of diverting attention from inflation’s real culprits: policymakers in Washington.
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John Trenchard
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